Biography of Andreas Rochholl

Since 2020 CEO of CrossGeneration Media, together with Sebastian Leitner
Since 1997 Founder and Artistic Director of Zeitgenössische Oper Berlin
1997-2003 Deputy manager of the Chamber of Architects Berlin
1993–1996 Director and Dramaturgy Theatre Basel
1991–1993 Rehearsal Director Vienna State Opera
Graduated from Folkwang University of the Arts Essen in directing and singing, postgraduate studies in camera technology and cinematography at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.

Producer / Artistic director

Female Voice of Kurdistan, Festival 2023  ·  Female Voice of Afghanistan, Festival 2021  ·  Female Voice of Iran, Festival 2017-2018  ·  Contemporary Tango Festival 2016-2020  ·  Ankunft: Neue Musik, Festival 2009-2015  ·  music film lab 2014  ·  operare – interdisziplinärer Wettbewerb 2007-2011
Over 40 international music theatre productions such as: Versuchung by Qu Xiao-song, Don Quijote de la Mancha by Hans Zender, Séraphin by Wolfgang Rihm, Neither by Morton Feldman.

Filmmaker

Women of Resilience – Tales of Kurdish Identity documentary (2024)  ·  Female Voice of Afghanistan: Life after Life TV-documentary (2022)  ·  The Female Voice of Iran Feature documentary (2020)  ·  Music from Iran short documentaries for Female Voice of Iran 2017-2018  ·  SUTURA music film 2014  ·  Half the Heart music short film 2013  ·  I met Heine on the Rue Fürstenberg music short film 2012  ·  Kroll film opera 2006

Teaching activity and Intercultural Coach

University of Potsdam, SAE Institute Deutschland, HafenCity University Hamburg

Theatre and Opera Director

SPHENOID  Hör- und Sehstück 2013  ·  Europa Projekt by Sidney Corbett 2011  ·  Nouvelles Aventures by György Ligeti 2010  ·  Europera 5 by John Cage 1999  ·  Der Idiot by Hans Werner Henze 1997  ·  Der Barbier von Sevilla by Giacomo Rossini, Theater Basel 1995  ·  Otello by Guiseppe Verdi, Opera Bergen 1994  ·  La Favorita by Gaetano Donizetti, Theater Basel 1994

Biography of Sebastian Leitner

He has been working as a filmmaker, producer, and editor since 2008 and during this time has also been involved in several larger (music) productions. Born in Vienna, he initially found a home in classical music, where he realized numerous international video and TV productions. His collaborators include Igudesman & Joo, Joshua Bell, Nicola Benedetti, Julian Rachlin, Mischa Maisky, Gidon Kremer, the Janoschka Ensemble, and Janine Jansen.

He studied physics at the University of Vienna, which sharpened his technical understanding and led him to work increasingly as a post-production supervisor for live editing and mastering. He regularly conducts workshops and seminars on filmmaking, including at SAE Berlin, and was nominated for Best Editing at the International Film Festival Madrid for both of his debut feature documentaries, Noseland (2012, a classical music mockumentary featuring John Malkovich and Roger Moore) and Cairo Jazzman (2017, a portrait of the challenges of running a jazz festival in Egypt). Both films screened widely at major festivals and secured distributors and sales agents.

He met Rochholl in 2014 when he was invited as a participant for Music-Film-Lab in 2014, where he elaborated on his work combining classical music with humour and film. He presented his mockumentary Noseland and discussed the challenges of re-exploring the arts and finding new symbiosis. Since 2020, he has also been active under the label CrossGeneration Media with Rochholl and, as Creative Director for the Contemporary Opera Berlin, develops a range of artistic concepts for events exploring the intersection of multimedia and people.